Still Working on GHS Chemical Labeling Compliance? EHS Execs Say You’re Not...
Almost half of all environment, health and safety executives say their companies aren’t in compliance with new global chemical labeling rules that took effect this month, according to a survey by Actio...
View ArticleGlobe Tries to Get its Arms Wrapped Around Energy Consumption and Carbon...
While global coal consumption fell by 1.8 percent, that was offset by a rise in natural gas and oil usage, according to BP's June statistical analysis.
View ArticleEnviance Acquires Fellow EHS Software Provider Actio
Cloud-based environment, health and safety management software provider Enviance has acquired Actio in a move to expand its EHS services. The companies did not disclose terms of the acquisition, which...
View ArticleRecycling and Reusing is Good for the Environment and the Company Brand
When it comes to burnishing your company's brand and cleaning is footprint, the efforts center on reduce, reuse and recycle -- or the "ban the can." That's the point that ISS' head of global...
View ArticleTrader Joe’s to Pay $2 Million to Reduce Coolant Leaks, Curb GHG Emissions
Grocery store chain Trader Joe’s has agreed to spend $2 million to reduce coolant leaks from refrigerators at 453 of its stores to settle federal claims that it violated the Clean Air Act. The company...
View ArticleEL Announces Product & Project of the Year Award Winners
Environmental Leader today announces the winners of the fourth annual Environmental Leader Product & Project Awards, a program that recognizes excellence in the fields of environmental,...
View ArticleGM’s Mari Kay Scott: Sustainability Attracts Customers, Generates Revenue,...
General Motors has leveraged its environmental sustainability initiatives to attract new customers, generate $1 billion in new revenue streams from recycling and reuse, and reduce company risk, said...
View ArticleThe Drive for Disclosure: What Matters and What Doesn’t
It’s sustainability reporting season. CDP’s climate change questionnaire is due June 30. The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices questionnaire deadline was at the end of last month. And then there’s a...
View ArticleThe Evolving Ton and the Circular Economy
Five years ago, recycling took a backseat to topics such as sustainable design and life cycle analysis. A primary reason for this shift in emphasis is the growing realization of the importance of...
View ArticleUsing Technology to Enable Next-Level EHS Performance
Technology can improve environment, health and safety performance — and yet 64 percent of survey respondents say they aren’t using EHS software, says LNS Research analyst Peter Bussey. Bussey presented...
View ArticleToyota, Dish Network Share Waste Management Strategies
Waste management, according to Toyota’s Ryan McMullan, is the “gateway drug” to employee engagement on environmental sustainability initiatives. At Environmental Leader’s conference, McMullan, who is...
View ArticleMethane Replaces Carbon Dioxide as Primary Greenhouse Gas Regulatory Target
With the dramatic increase in the drilling for and use of methane for electricity generation (an increase driven, in part, by the lower carbon dioxide emissions from the combustion of natural gas...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Companies Decoupling Emissions, Business Growth
Greenhouse gas emissions data from the world’s 500 largest companies shows that for the first time, the Global 500 are beginning to grow their businesses and manage their emissions at a rate that...
View ArticleCompanies Are Responding to Shareholder Calls to be More Sustainable
Stakeholders want companies to disclose what they are doing to run their operations in a cleaner fashion and to benefit their communities, especially when it comes to things like carbon reductions and...
View ArticleGreen Bonds Can Help Make the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy, NSF...
The transition to a low-carbon economy will require concerted investments in new technologies and an unprecedented deployment of capital throughout the world.
View ArticleRecycling Program Expands to Manufacturing, Industrial Customers
Kimberly-Clark Professional has expanded its recycling program to manufacturing and other industrial environments, enabling these customers to divert non-hazardous waste, such as nitrile gloves and...
View ArticleThe $2.1 Trillion Revenue Opportunity for ICT Companies
Information and communication technologies (ICT) companies could realize $2.1 trillion in new annual revenue by 2030 from services that promote the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
View ArticleThe World May Be Starved For Healthy Foods but the US is Wasting a lot of its...
The world may be starving for healthy foods. But here in the United States, we sure do toss a lot of it away, prompting our federal government to set a goal of reducing such waste by half by 2030.
View ArticleVW Will Pay Record $14.7 Billion in Emissions Cheat Scandal
Volkswagen has agreed to spend up to $14.7 billion after cheating emissions tests and deceiving customers by installing “defeat devices” in almost half a million diesel cars.
View ArticleSpotlight on Award Winners: Advanced Micro Devices 25×20 Energy Efficiency...
“This is an ambitious, cross-organizational approach to problem solving. The life cycle product footprint for carbon emissions reduction is demonstrable. AMD demonstrated real world advancements in...
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